Did you know that Apco was created in 1984 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Washington, DC-based law firm of Arnold & Porter?
Now, it has been reported, Apco played a behind-the-scenes role in the debate over universal health care vs private health care/private health insurance in the United States.
When award-winning film-maker Michael Moore came out with the acclaimed documentary Sicko advocating universal health care for all, the health insurance industry in the United States panicked.
Enter ‘Health Care America’, a front organisation set up to churn out propaganda to counter Moore’s documentary. This organisation was touted as a consumer health care group and quoted by the New York Times and other publications and the media. But who was actually behind Health Care America?
Democracy Now! interviews a health insurance industry whistle-blower here. Notice his mention of Apco.
Now, go to Source Watch to find ‘Bill Pierce’ listed as a media contact for ‘Health Care America’.
And then, meet William Pierce on the Apco Worldwide website here.
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You can fool some of the people some of the time.
But you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
The problem is how many of us care or dare to dig out the truth?
Most would prefer to be ‘chin chai’ (being ignorantly indifferent) than to take the trouble to fight for one’s consumer rights.
The high percentages of timid ignorant consumers would encourage any wayward insurance and health care industry to indignantly leech us dry of our money, savings and lives.
Michael Moore is the few exception – a thorn in the side of insurance and health care industry.
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yup and they’re out to get Obama too.
This nailed APCO as a professional dirty trick operator that sells service to the unholy.